Model overview · 23 published model years
Volkswagen Jetta complaints by model year
Compare published NHTSA complaint evidence across Volkswagen Jetta model years. Each signal is benchmarked within that year's same-segment, same-era cohort, so it is not a mechanical failure rate or complete reliability score.
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Published model-year records
9,168
Matched complaint incidents
2019
Highest signal in this published set
8.7
Signal for that model year
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2021Jetta2019 to 2023 compact sedan2.1interval 1.5 to 3.166matched incidents2019Jetta2017 to 2021 compact sedan8.7interval 8.7 to 9.0538matched incidents2017Jetta2015 to 2019 compact sedan1.9interval 1.2 to 2.8158matched incidents2016Jetta2014 to 2018 compact sedan0.9interval 0.6 to 1.9160matched incidents2015Jetta2013 to 2017 compact sedan1.4interval 0.4 to 1.9193matched incidents2014Jetta2012 to 2016 compact sedan5.4interval 4.4 to 6.1386matched incidents2013Jetta2011 to 2015 compact sedan6.6interval 6.4 to 7.1515matched incidents2012Jetta2010 to 2014 compact sedan6.0interval 5.3 to 6.3499matched incidents2011Jetta2009 to 2013 compact sedan6.6interval 6.1 to 6.9606matched incidents2010Jetta2008 to 2012 compact sedan8.1interval 8.1 to 8.7852matched incidents2009Jetta2007 to 2011 compact sedan8.6interval 8.3 to 8.9888matched incidents2008Jetta2006 to 2010 compact sedan2.1interval 1.5 to 2.7188matched incidents2007Jetta2005 to 2009 compact sedan3.2interval 2.2 to 3.5201matched incidents2006Jetta2004 to 2008 compact sedan7.8interval 7.8 to 7.8580matched incidents2005Jetta2003 to 2007 compact sedan4.2interval 3.5 to 4.5248matched incidents2004Jetta2002 to 2006 compact sedan3.2interval 2.5 to 3.8231matched incidents2003Jetta2001 to 2005 compact sedan6.2interval 5.8 to 6.8455matched incidents2002Jetta2000 to 2004 compact sedan7.7interval 7.2 to 8.2702matched incidents2001Jetta1999 to 2003 compact sedan7.1interval 7.1 to 7.8668matched incidents2000Jetta1998 to 2002 compact sedan7.3interval 7.0 to 7.3439matched incidents1999Jetta1997 to 2001 compact sedan7.2interval 6.5 to 7.6349matched incidents1998Jetta1996 to 2000 compact sedan6.0interval 5.6 to 6.7192matched incidents1997Jetta1995 to 1999 compact sedan0.6interval 0.6 to 1.854matched incidents
How to read this: a higher complaint signal means that model year has a louder complaint record relative to its peer cohort. It does not establish overall reliability, ownership cost, or a recommendation to avoid that year.
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